...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6728055 | Method and apparatus for performing spin valve combined pinned layer reset and hard bias initialization at the HGA level The present invention provides a method and apparatus for performing automated spin valve combined pinned layer reset and hard bias initialization at the head gimbal assembly level. The reset combines a current pulse with an assisting magnetic field. The pinned laye... | 04/27/2004 |